ProRes Benchmark

benchmark.md

Laptop Specs

MacBook Pro (2019), 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7, 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4

Test Files

Encoding: ProRes

FPS: 25

Dimensions: 1440x1080

Length/Size:

• 8 seconds / 153 MB
• 1 minute / 1.07 GB
• 6 minutes / 7.51 GB
• 26 minutes / 30.05 GB
• 52 minutes / 60.1 GB
• 136 minutes / 158 GB

Conversions

Preview (low quality, preset fast)

ffmpeg -i input.mov -vcodec libx264 -crf 35 -preset veryfast -pix_fmt yuv420p output.mp4

Input				Output
Encoding	Length	Size	->	Encoding	Size	Time
ProRes	8s	153 MB		H264	768 KB	1.5s
ProRes	1m	1.07 GB		H264	5.3 MB	9.4s
ProRes	6m	7.51 GB		H264	37 MB	1m 15s
ProRes	26m	30.05 GB		H264	147 MB	5m 20s
ProRes	52m	60.1 GB		H264	294 MB	10m 17s
ProRes	136m	158 GB		H264

Export to MP4 (good quality)

ffmpeg -i input.mov output.mp4

Input				Output
Encoding	Length	Size	->	Encoding	Size	Time
ProRes	8s	153 MB		H264	4.3 MB	5.1s
ProRes	1m	1.07 GB		H264	30 MB	37.6s
ProRes	6m	7.51 GB		H264	213 MB	4m 54s
ProRes	26m	30.05 GB		H264	852 MB	19m 42s
ProRes	52m	60.1 GB		H264
ProRes	136m	158 GB		H264

Export to GIF (10 fps)

ffmpeg -i input.mov -vf fps=10,scale=1440:1080:flags=lanczos,palettegen output.png ffmpeg -i input.mov -i output.png -filter_complex "fps=10,scale=1440:1080:flags=lanczos[x]; [x][1:v]paletteuse" -loop 0 output.gif

Input				Output
Encoding	Length	Size	->	Fps	Size	Time
ProRes	8s	153 MB		10 fps	72 MB	40s
ProRes	1m	1.07 GB		10 fps	507 MB	2m 58s
ProRes	6m	7.51 GB		10 fps	3.5 GB	20m 21s
ProRes	26m	30.05 GB		10 fps
ProRes	52m	60.1 GB		10 fps
ProRes	136m	158 GB		10 fps